The good news is, your baby is not only learning to improve her hand control, she's also figuring out a little bit more
about object permanence.
This will teach
him about object permanence.
Elana — first — you are doing a good job second — at 9 months your bubba is learning
about object permanence — if he fusses when you leave the room — he is developmentally right on track don't worry — it doesn't last — and is actually a good sign — it signals that he is well attached to you — which is highly desirable in terms of raising happy well adjusted children that are willing to explore their world He isn't to young for independent play — It just might be for a little while that it happens while he can see you As he chooses to — allow him to move himself out of your sight (somewhere safe of course) i.e around the edge of a couch, through a door way etc — playing disappearing and reappearing games like peek - a-boo and hiding things under boxes / blankets for him to «find» etc is good too as time goes on — he will learn that things re-appear when they disappear
She is also learning
about object permanence or the awareness that objects continue to exist when they are not visible to us.
Not exact matches
You'll see that at
about 9 months most babies understand the concept of
object permanence (that an
object still exists, even when they can't see it), and that by their first birthday most children can non-verbally communicate their desires.
And you have no sense of
object permanence before
about 9 months, for that matter, meaning EVERY single time a person or thing goes out of the range of your senses, you have no idea that it continues to exist.
Separation anxiety is a normal emotion in children between
about age 8 mo and 24 mo; it typically resolves as children develop a sense of
object permanence and realize their parents will return.
The use of something so abundant, ever - changing and free — namely, soil — to create this
object of luxury also seems to throw the idea of privately «owning» land into question, much like how Tibetan Buddhist monks are suggesting
about the illusion of
permanence when they create and then ceremonially destroy a mandala constructed of sand.